Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold - Nineveh had not formerly listened to the voice of the prophet, but had turned…

And glory. —Better, there is abundance of all precious vessels.

Here the Prophet, as it were, by the command and authority of God, gives up Nineveh to the will of its enemies, so that they might spoil and plunde…

Take you the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold Of which there was a great quantity in this rich and populous city: …

Nineveh shall not avert this judgment; there is no counsel or strength against the Lord. God looks upon proud cities, and brings them down. A parti…